Our menu features USDA Choice, Midwestern, Corn Fed Beef, fresh seafood, fresh pasta, spectacular soups and salads and daily "blue plate" specials. Prime Rib is our specialty.We are "the local meeting place" for business and social events in the San Ramon Valley. It is a place where generation after generation of families has come to meet friends and family. It is a place where newcomers to the valley soon become old friends.The Brass Door, formerly known as the 8/5 Club, was established by Howard Schlesinger in 1946. It was originally a six-stool bar and 20-person dining facility. Schlesinger's son, Mickey, and his partner Dick Basso bought the club in 1955. Soon after, they renamed the club The Brass Door. Over the years, the partners expanded the facility to include a 20-stool bar, 50-seater cocktail lounge and a dining area for 160 guests. Following a brief closure in 1994 due to a fire, the restaurant was rebuilt from its original location.

Every dish was excellent. Service was excellent. It's a little noisy with no soft materials to deaden other diner's voices but not enough so that you can't hear your tablemates' conversation. The calamari fritti was very good, not greasy at all. The Calamari Siciliano was so tasty. The guys really enjoyed their prime rib with broiled shrimp. Even the veggies, sauteed green beans and creamed spinach were very good. The minestrone soup was a big hit. The clam chowder was average. The prices are very reasonable for the quality of food and service. This place is a big hit with seniors as they offer smaller "senior" portions of many dishes at a reduced price. We'll be back!

As usual, it was very good. I love the senior portions. Two of us had the special halibut and it was excellent with the Chardonnay sauce. The husbands had short ribs and steak kabob so everyone enjoyed their meals.

The restaurant is very tired and really needs an update. Food was mediocre. Grandsons ravioli's tasted delicious but my stroganoff beef was anything but tender....the sauce was pretty tasteless. I was extremely disappointed in my meal.

Knew the place was going to be dated but thought the food would be good. Garlic bread to start was a nice touch but could have used a lot more butter/topping. The onion soup was tasty but very little cheese on top. My husband never got the crab cake he ordered. The roast beef and steak were average at best. Not sure what the white sauce that came with the steak was. I’ve always wanted to try this place, now that I have we will not be back.

My wife and I had not been back to the Brass Door for quite some time but decided to go on a Tuesday and had a great steak dinner. I had a filet and my wife a NY, We ordered medium rare and mine was more toward blood rare but a great piece of meat. We split a shrimp cocktail and instead got a crab cocktail which was OK as we both like crab too, almost a meal in itself. The outside of the Brass door looks like it did back in the 60's but the inside is clean and friendly. We pretty much had the back room to ourselves (the booth area) other than a 2 other couples at the time we were there (earlybird). The restaurant experience was great our waitress very attentive and my only complaint is another couple across the room talking about how bad their lives were and wish they could have a do over. I normally ignore others when dining but their nose level was hard to miss, then the cell phone rang so we got to find out about her daughters problems too! All that aside he food was great and we wil be back hopefully with other guests next time.

This is one of our favorite places for lunch and dinner. Food is always very good. It was a special occasion as I brought two of my best friends for their birthdays. Although the noise level is lively - where they sat us was a booth next to the conference room where there was a very energetic meeting going on with both doors open. It was very distracting. We moved to another booth and when I explained to one of the waitresses why we moved she said that if it was bothering us we could move to another room. All they had to do is close the doors - which I asked them to do - we were comfortable - noise level was reduced so we could enjoy our own conversation.

The Brass Door is a great place to celebrate birthdays. I took my friend there on Friday to celebrate hers. We chose the Prime Rib which was prepared to perfection, as were all of the sides. We really enjoyed the mini sundae for dessert. We will definitely be back!

Consistently good food; however, the service this last time was terrible; it was the worse in all the years I've been going to this restaurant. Note: The best waitress is the server who works in the back room.

Fist time dining here and our server, Katherine, was awesome. She was warm, friendly and often checked on us to see how we were doing. The food was good and they offer a lot of selection, however, the presentation could use a little fluffing. The ambiance is more of a traditional steak house. I actually appreciate the look and feel of it as it reminds me of some of the older steak houses in SF that serve steak and seafood.

Let's start with the good...one of the most tender prime ribs we've had. Fried chicken looked good too.Waiter was very polite and friendly. He provided nice service. Now the not-so-good....cold baked potato, cold rice pilaff, lukewarm clam chowder, side dishes were mediocre at best. The restaurant building itself is very dated, furnishings are dated, the booth we sat at was uncomfortable, your knees hit the middle bar located under the table and I'm 5'6", not much room, carpet looks grungy. This place needs a face-lift. I heard bar drinks are very good, I'll try that next time.